CMS Netherlands in the Legal 500 EMEA 2026 rankings

The 2026 edition of the Legal 500 EMEA Guide has been published. We would like to extend our special thanks to our clients for their trust! 

As an international and full-service law firm, we are pleased that several of our practice areas as well as individual lawyers have been acknowledged in the Legal 500 EMEA 2026 Guide. In total we have six new rankings and improved two of our rankings from 2025. The results and client feedback reflect CMS’s strong global presence and our commitment and the relationship of trust we build with our clients. 

Our ranked practices: 

• Banking and finance: Borrower side 
• Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory 
• Banking and finance: lender or arranger side 
• Commercial, corporate and M&A 
• Construction 
• Data privacy and data protection 
• Dispute resolution: Arbitration 
• Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation 
• Employment 
• Energy 
• Environment and planning 
• EU and competition 
• Fintech 
• Industry focus: Food 
• Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences 
• Industry focus: Information technology 
• Industry focus: Media and entertainment 
• Industry focus: Retail 
• Insurance 
• Intellectual property: Patents 
• Intellectual property: Trademarks, copyrights and design rights 
• Real Estate 
• Restructuring and insolvency 
• Tax 
• Transport 

Congratulations to our individually ranked  partners and associates: 

• Akin Aslan | Industry focus: Food 
• Alexander IJkelenstam | Environment and planning 
• Arnout Scholten | Real Estate 
• Aukje Haan | Industry focus: Food 
• Bas Baks | Insurance 
• Clair Wermers | Fintech  
• Ellen Gielen | Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences 
• Femke Stroucken | Real Estate 
• Gertie Lintjens | Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences 
• Jenny Noordermeer | Banking and finance: Borrower side 
• Katja van Kranenburg-Hanspians | Employment 
• Laurens Pronk | Fintech  
• Louisa Engels | Construction 
• Rogier de Vrey | Industry focus: Media and entertainment 
• Yasar Çelebi | Intellectual property: Patents 

 See all our rankings.